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McNamara's personal effects coming to auction
It's a whole lot of history — in a little paperweight. The silver and wood-framed memento was given by President John F. Kennedy to Secretary of ...
White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack
The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets ...
Clinton says consulate security her responsibility
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking responsibility for security at the U.S. consulate in Libya where an assault by extremists on ...
APNewsBreak: Daughter of Mexican drug lord held
The daughter of one of the world's most sought-after drug lords has been charged with trying to enter the United States on someone else's passport, U.
Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern in hospice
Longtime former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in a historic landslide, has ...
Wis. wolf hunt begins; groups file intent to sue
Wisconsin's first organized wolf hunt got under way Monday even as animal welfare advocates demanded federal officials return Great Lake wolves to the ...
Clinton in Peru amid questions about Libya
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday embarked on her first overseas trip since last month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in ...
FDA: Pharmacy's other drugs may be causing illness
Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors ...
Thompson campaign says son sorry for Obama remark
Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson's campaign says his son has apologized for suggesting that voters should send President Barack Obama back ...
Steroid-linked outbreak toll: 214 cases, 15 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has ...
FACT CHECK: Be your own fact-checker Tuesday night
There they go again. Or do they? Will Mitt Romney miscount the number of unemployed, as he has before? Will President Barack Obama's dubious claim of ...
DesJarlais denies hypocrisy for talk of abortion
A Republican congressman from Tennessee is telling supporters he's not a hypocrite for discussing abortion with a mistress more than a decade ago.
Big tobacco says corrective statements go too far
Tobacco companies are urging a federal judge to reject the government's proposed industry-financed corrective statements, calling them "forced public ...
Asian powers double defense spending in a decade
Asia's top powers have doubled defense spending in the past decade, spurred by the explosion in military expenditure by China, new research shows.
Montana's Gov. Schweitzer creates buzz his own way
A day spent with Montana's Brian Schweitzer riding four-wheelers and talking politics makes it easy to understand why he's one of the most unusual — ...
Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation
Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F.
World matched record for hottest September _ again
Something about September keeps bringing out the record heat in the world. The globe last month matched a record for the hottest September, set in ...
Court will hear Ariz. case on voter registration
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an appeal from Arizona over its requirement that people prove they are American citizens before ...
Scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak
Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a ...
Small 2013 Social Security benefit increase likely
Social Security recipients won't be getting big benefit increases next year, but the small raises they will receive are playing an important role in ...
Navy says submarine, Aegis cruiser collide
The Navy submarine and the Aegis cruiser that collided off the East Coast are both back in port and officials are investigating what went wrong, the ...
Grand Canyon works through list for river trips
The Grand Canyon boasts some of the most spectacular views in the world, revealing a rich geological history that few ever see from the Colorado River ...
Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized
Arlen Specter, who spent much of his pugnacious 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, lost a battle with ...
2 skydivers, 52 years apart, same lofty goal
The advice from master to student over the past three years has been simple: Be prepared. Know what to do and how to do it. "Fearless Felix" ...
GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies
For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though ...